The Miracle Plant

Medicine

Used courtesy of Marcelo Trasel

via courtesy commons liscence

Ginseng extracts are put into capsules and pills so people can
receive these effects without having to chew the Ginseng root. Ginseng is a
primary producer which means it is an autotrophic organism that is
eaten by other heterotrophic organisms. It is used similarly to
Vitamin C for the immune system. Then when a patient undergoes
cancer therapy, he or she can take Ginseng to help recover faster
and easier by raising the immune system. Athletes take Ginseng to
keep from experiencing energy loss and to aid in injury recovery (1)(18)(20).

In
older days it was used to cool the body by chewing it during warm
summers. It lives with other trees like ceder trees in the
Manchurian mountains, bacteria like Bacillus megaterium,
Micrococcus luteus, B. cereus, and Lysinibacillus
fusiformis,
fungi like the garlic mustard fungi, animals like mice and
chipmunks, and other plants in cool forests all over the northern
hemisphere. However tests show that Ginseng does not actually
provide any actual direct healing power (1). It is not know yet what
the medicinal use is in nature (1)(18)(20).